Biography
Sara Photiadis, MD is a General Surgery resident at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY. She has a long-time interest in basic science research with an undergraduate degree in biochemistry. She has participated in research at the National Institute of Health and has been published in scientific journals. She also has a strong interest in medical innovation, has participated in the national I-corps program, and joins our team with an interest in development of artificial organs.
Education
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, B.S., Biochemistry, 2012
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, M.D., 2017
University of Buffalo General Surgery Residency, Buffalo, New York, 2017-
Clinical Interests
Transplant surgery
Surgical Oncology
Vascular surgery
Program Affiliations
Surgical Innovations
L. Ehrlich, S. Photiadis, G. Medina, C. Carter. TSG101 Regulates PI(4,5)P2/Ca2+ signaling for HIV 1 Gag Assembly. Front. Microbiology. 5:234. 2014.
K. Fears, D. Petrovykh, S. Photiadis, T. Clark. Circular Dichroism Analysis of Cyclic Beta-Helical peptides absorbed on Planar Fused Quartz. Langmuir. 29:32 p10095-10101. 2013.
K. Fears, S. Photiadis. J. Kulp, T. Clark. Synthesis of Characterization of Cyclic Peptides that are Beta-Helical in Trifluoroethanol. J Peptide Science. 3(5) p366-74. 2014.
Research Narrative
Dr. Photiadis's current work is focused on the development of artificial organs, including the pancreas and kidney. In addition, she participates actively in many other projects and research interests being developed by the Surgical Innovations Lab
Research Interests
Artificial organs
Medical devices
Vascular surgery
Quality improvement